We Need Ahh Moments

“We Need Ahh Moments” John 4:5-42

1. Jesus knows folks need an Ahh moments That’s why He went to Samaria

• Jesus said to the disciples “I must needs go through Samaria”

• Jesus seemingly knows our deepest hurts, needs of the hour, He just knows our stuff

2. Water is something we must have for Survival! Jesus knew water was needed for survival.

• He knew water was a precious resource that didn't come easily. In this dry place

• He knew hours during the day was spent hauling water for cooking, cleaning and drinking. Water is heavy they say five gallons weigh 40 pounds

3. Jesus needs an ahh moment

• Notice Jesus says “give me a drink” he says to the Samaritan woman. It's a touching, vulnerable moment, one of the very few times that we hear Jesus make a request of another person. He needs something that she can provide.

• He is Son of God, Savior of the world, Here, Jesus is has a human need, and this woman has the ability to help him. She can give him water. So, Jesus had his "ahh" moment, too.

4. Jesus knows, Jesus recognizes, Jesus offers. Jesus is experiencing the discomfort of thirst

• Jesus knows that the woman at the well is carrying a far heavier burden. He's prepared to give her much more than a simple cup of water.

• Jesus knows exactly who this woman is and can see the painful secrets of her heart.

• Jesus recognizes her thirst for forgiveness and acceptance.

• Jesus offers what she needs even before she knows enough to ask for help. Jesus says, -- "I can give you living water," water that can heal your spirit and ease the pain in your heart. This water is truly refreshing.

5. Jesus is offering this woman an Ahh moment

• He's offering to ease the burden of her troubled soul and release her from the pain of guilt.

• This woman is living with a past that makes her an outcast in her own village 17 she's been married multiple times. Even worse, for that day and age and culture -- she's now living with a man who's not her husband

• She carries with her the pain of guilt, shame and rejection --He wants to remove the pain of isolation and disgrace. he wants to offer the gift of God's life-giving Spirit,

6. Jesus gives transformation Jesus tells her that he is the Messiah,

• Jesus tells her the good news, "But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (vv. 24-25).

• That's what Jesus offers this tired, burdened woman -- a chance to be transformed.

• She can be washed clean with but one drink of the water he's offering her.

• It's possible that this woman had been an outcast She takes this "living water" and she runs back to her village to tell others the good news. She eagerly approaches everyone that she sees and says with wonder, "'Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! One sip of this water transformed her

• For what do we thirst? Forgiveness and new life that God alone can offer? A fresh start? Understanding? Rest? Renewal? Peace? To acknowledge the mistakes that we have made and know that there is still hope for us? To cast away the burden of guilt and the weight of regret

• Living Water" reaches a need far deeper than everyday thirst.

• "Living Water" touches the part of us that wakes up in the night worried or lonely or consumed with remorse.

• Living Water" can wash away the parts of us that feel unclean Take a sip of this water, and then we may encounter , "Ahh! Moment "